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tainted

/ˈteɪntɪd/adjective

उच्चारण टेन्टिड

दूषित, कलंकित

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    ~ (with/by sth)

    damaged or spoiled by an unpleasant or harmful quality; (of food or water) contaminated

    दूषित, कलंकित

    • tainted money
    • tainted water
    • The scandal left the minister's reputation tainted for years.
    + 2 more examples
    • Villagers fell ill after drinking tainted well water.
    • Tainted meat was removed from the market by the health officers.

    Synonyms contaminated polluted spoiled sullied corrupted

    Opposite pure clean untainted unsullied

◇Word family
taint verb, noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

contaminated polluted spoiled sullied corrupted

Antonyms

pure clean untainted unsullied

?Which word?

Keep the spoiled words together: tainted, contaminated (made impure by dirt or chemicals), polluted, sullied (spoiled, especially a reputation), adulterated (made impure by adding something of lower quality: 'adulterated milk').

दूषित के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: tainted, contaminated (गंदगी या रसायनों से अशुद्ध), polluted, sullied (बिगाड़ा, विशेषकर प्रतिष्ठा), adulterated (घटिया चीज़ मिलाकर अशुद्ध, मिलावटी: 'adulterated milk')।

§Grammar and usage

Usage: tainted is a lexicalized adjective.

प्रयोग में tainted स्वतंत्र adjective है।

Tainted with or by sth ('tainted with corruption').

Tainted के साथ 'with' या 'by' आता है, जैसे 'tainted with corruption' (भ्रष्टाचार से कलंकित)। Tainted का अर्थ है दाग़दार या दूषित।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

A tainted reputation, tainted evidence, tainted food.

Collocations: a tainted reputation (दागदार छवि), tainted evidence (दूषित या संदिग्ध सबूत), tainted food (खराब या ज़हरीला हो चुका खाना)।